You must deselect and reselect the object to see the changes in the Command Panel though, some Max UI update "bug".

I have marked in bold the string to change if I have misunderstood you. This will change the name from "15channel1" to "channel1". Is that what you want, or do you want to remove the first 15 characters of the name, i.e "AVeryLongStringName" to just "Name"?

Just out of interest, how long does it take you to do this, and what is the level of brain strain ?

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Nanne

No problem mate, it's always more fun to learn something new when it's for real.

I'm new to both programming and Maxscript, but I would say Maxscript is fairly easy to learn! The syntax can feel a bit inconsistent sometimes between the old stuff in Max and the newer features added lately, so there is a fair amount of googling and reading the Maxscript manual, but Bobo (I think it is him) has done a pretty great work on the manual, and there are lots of tutorials online, including a full tutorial series, called 'Maxscript 101', by the man whom created Maxscript from the beginning. So if you are curious I suggest that you start there. Scripting 3D is lots of FUN(!) because you get such a visual feedback of your work, and speeding up your workflow is tremendously rewarding :)MAXScript 101 on Vimeo https://vimeo.com/album/1514565

Nah, I don't script, I don't have the mindset for it, and it doesn't scream fun to me :)

I'd much rather ask/pay someone who knows what they are doing. ;)

I can see how this renamer could be developed into an all in one morph tool, there are many scripts on SSpot, they help, but lack functions meaning having to use 4 or 5 different scripts in one workflow.

Makes you wonder how many "in-house" scripts are out there that never see the light of day :/